Podcast Episode
November 1984
About this episode
Comdex belongs to IBM
Xmas sales outlook dismal
Games get protected in Japan
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM!
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.
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Links:
If you don't see all the links, find them here:
7 Minutes in Heaven: KnightLore
Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/157513930
https://www.mobygames.com/game/14733/knight-lore/
Corrections:
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
October 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-1984-137843011
October 1994 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-1994-151072694
Mortal Kombat Live Tour - https://youtu.be/nbOQIheheDc
1974:
1974 - Creative Computing debuts
https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingv01n01NovemberDecember1974
1984:
Atari claims Coleco to exit UK console market
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-11-15/mode/1up
Coleco exits the UK market
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-11-29/mode/1up
Parker Brothers abandons UK
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-11-29/page/n4/mode/1up
https://www.sinclaircollection.site/?page_id=520 http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Interface2/Cartridges/Interface2_RC_Unreleased.htm
Hi-Tech isn't UK's savior
Financial Notebook: Hi-tech myth / Employment falls in information, technology industry, The Guardian (London), November 2, 1984
Coinop earnings crater
Play Meter November 1, 1984, pg. 32.
Nintendo pushes VS. Paks and standards
Play Meter November 15, 1984, pg. 24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_VS._System
Atari Games gets into systems
RePlay November 1984, pg. 16
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Games
https://www.mobygames.com/game/3929/star-wars/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/21280/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/17500/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi/
Konami buys Interlogic
https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19841115p/page/n13/mode/2up
Gung Ho - https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt0091159/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_gung%20ho
Twin Galaxies looking for world records
https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh/page/570/mode/2up?q=video+game
Play Meter, November 1, 1984 pg. 25
Colecovision rides Cabbage Patch Kid coattails
Rainbow Brite, Robots Give Cabbage Patch Kids Run for Money, The Associated Press, November 20, 1984, Tuesday, AM cycle, Section: Domestic News, Byline: By ROGER GILLOTT, AP Business Writer
Cabbage Patch/Colecovision Ad - https://youtu.be/lqZsOeEWDtw?si=k3zoqYsDuL00pxmB
IBM conquers Comdex
I.B.M. ENTRY UNCHALLENGED AT SHOW, The New York Times, November 19, 1984, Monday, Late City Final Edition, Section: Section D; Page 1, Column 3; Financial Desk, Byline: By DAVID E. SANGER
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